enduring
lasting; permanent: a poet of enduring greatness.
patient; long-suffering.
Origin of enduring
1Other words from enduring
- en·dur·ing·ly, adverb
- en·dur·ing·ness, noun
- non·en·dur·ing, adjective
- un·en·dur·ing, adjective
- un·en·dur·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use enduring in a sentence
The idea that reaching set milestones means you’ve won at life is so faulty, and sooo enduring.
Carolyn Hax: Husband? Check. Job? Check. Something else? . . . | Carolyn Hax | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostMoving objects instantaneously has been an enduring fantasy for over a century.
The ways our modern tech stack up to sci-fi and fantasy marvels | George Bass | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostI mean, voter suppression is real and enduring, and the way corporate lobbyists are involved in our government makes the government feel like it’s not actually a government of the people.
What Danai Gurira Learned About Voting From Her Zimbabwean Upbringing | Daniel Malloy | October 31, 2020 | OzySomehow, the KFC buffet is the most enduring of the fast-food buffets still in existence.
Fast-Food Buffets Are a Thing of the Past. Some Doubt They Ever Even Existed. | MM Carrigan | September 29, 2020 | EaterAfter enduring months of administrative controversy back home, the team crashed out of the 2019 World Cup in the group stages for only the second time in their history.
And, of course, there is Harry herself: forever fascinating, beautiful, charismatic, and enduringly cool.
The Cult of Blondie: Debbie Harry’s Very Special New York Picture Show | Tim Teeman | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo other decade in our history was more alive or enduringly creative.
It is both darker than its unpleasant reputation and, simultaneously, more enduringly majestic than a schlocky brochure.
Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital | William O’Connor | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps most enduringly, in the great push to open the canon—that equally outdated thing!
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel | C.E. Morgan | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor all the real-world importance of his work on crime, the most enduringly fascinating of his books may be his Bureaucracy.
A man with such a mouth can think and act, but not feel either passionately or enduringly.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamBut we have entered upon a third era, the period of constructive work, of careful patient planning, of building enduringly.
As might be supposed, they are among the very best and most enduringly popular books ever written for young people.
The World's Best Books | Frank ParsonsWhatever building is nobly and enduringly useful, thoroughly adapted to its uses, cannot be uncomely.
Homes And How To Make Them | Eugene GardnerHe built enduringly, in concrete and masonry, and made one of the most remarkable water-farms in the world.
The Cruise of the Snark | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for enduring
/ (ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋ) /
permanent; lasting
having forbearance; long-suffering
Derived forms of enduring
- enduringly, adverb
- enduringness, noun
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